After my, well, interesting post-it note from the Hampton Inn, I received a friendly note from the Hilton Garden Inn: Again, I was glad to see this. With mid-range hotels, it is hard to tell how clean you should assume they are.  The wet carpet of the Days Inn I …

Today kicks off the first day of US Airways’ promotion, 30 Days for DC.  In their words, “30 days for DC is a month of surprises, community events and giveaways to celebrate our commitment to the Capital City. But it doesn’t stop there!” This appears to be a celebration for …

When we last left my travel bottles adventures, I was stuck between a set of really expensive bottles and a set that couldn’t even make it out of the store without opening.  I am really drawn to the silicon bottles because they seem really easy to use.  Recently, I was …

On a recent trip to Chicago, I had a choice between the equally rated Hilton or Doubletree O’Hare for the same price.  Keri was tagging along, so I thought I’d try something new–and at the very least it would be a blog post.  Boy was I right. I ended up …

View from the Wing gives a good explanation as to why it is okay that Orbitz is showing different hotel properties to Mac users vs. PC. If you follow me on twitter, then you saw me getting my feathers all ruffled by the backlash against Orbitz: Basically, the story here …

In another act of brilliance, TSA agents spilled the cremated remains of of a man’s grandfather onto the floor of the screening area. John Gross took the remains of his grandfather through security in a container clearly labeled human remains.  This is allowed by TSA.  Despite Gross’ request for the …

I promised you an update on using work out equipment on the road, and I think I’ve “experimented” with it enough at this point. First off, do not plan on using a jump rope to work out if you never jump roped before.   Trust me.  The results can be disastrous. …

In a first ever for me, I arrived at a Hampton Inn Room to find a post-it note reassuring me that my bedding was clean: At first I thought it was silly.  But the more I thought about it, the more I was glad they put the post-it note there.  …

The Discover Card’s ShopDiscover is currently giving 15% Cashback for Groupon Purchases!  Since Cashback can be redeemed for, well, cash, this results in 15% off every purchase you make on Groupon. I think that everyone should have a Discover Card in their wallet for purchases like these.  There’s no annual …

I just scored a four-pack of travel-sized Colgate Toothpaste for $0.19!  That’s less than 5 cents each. I am about to take a trip and was running low on toothpaste anyway, so I made a toothpaste run to CVS.  I noticed that a few of the Colgate toothpastes offered $3 …